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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Start date: June 1, 2012

Finish date: July 1, 2012

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Feb 06, 2013 Staciel rated it it was amazing

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•"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."

"I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last."

"Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it i ...more

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Mar 17, 2011 Marlene Marie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. first book i've ever read by any of the bronte sisters && i must say, it was amazing. i even shed some tears when i neared the end. the love shared between jane and her dearest edward was beautifully created. however, i feel that the values instilled on jane corrupted her heart from a purity that would have surely kept her from running away from her lover. if she had not been refused by mrs. reed and her children, had she not been shunned to live the remainder of her childhood and young adolesce first book i've ever read by any of the bronte sisters && i must say, it was amazing. i even shed some tears when i neared the end. the love shared between jane and her dearest edward was beautifully created. however, i feel that the values instilled on jane corrupted her heart from a purity that would have surely kept her from running away from her lover. if she had not been refused by mrs. reed and her children, had she not been shunned to live the remainder of her childhood and young adolescence at lowood, had she not gone through those things, and a few different circumstances, she most likely would have never left rochester when she discovered his secret, but without these hardships, her character would not be as strong, and i would not have loved her as much as i have come to. i loved that she endured these hardships, these moments that were character building to her self -they give the pages life and reality. her running away also seemed to tame rochester some, for when they planned to wed the second time, he realized what she did the first time, that extravagance was not needed, only him and her. i especially liked when she discovered new relatives. my heart sprung for joy that i had to read faster to see how it all unfurled. and when she told st. john rivers that marrying him would be like committing suicide -that she scorned his love- i laughed at the extremity of degree she imposes upon herself in order to respond to his proposal because "no" was not an answer he was apparently willing to succumb to. this book appeased all my senses, but it pleased my heart even more. my new favorite right next to radcliffe's "the mysteries of udolpho" and austen's "persuasion".

charlotte bronte's writing is unique, yes, and this book has lived up to all of my expectations and surpassed it. her way of description is different and the element in which she describes everything is all very new to me; it seems, rather, of a more gloomy state, but for the tale that is told, it is very becoming and further pleased me in my reading experience. i look very much forward to reading more of charlotte bronte, of the bronte sisters, and even more so to seeing how each sister differs from one another. ...more

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May 17, 2010 Michelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Loved it. I read this as a teen and remember liking it. I was curious as to whether I would feel the same. I think I liked it more. I certainly appreciated Jane's character more. She was passionate but that didn't overrule her moral character or her good sense. She loved people but saw them as they actually were. Also she was strong. What a refreshing character. I wish more women characters were like her in books today. How was Bronte so far ahead of her time? And why are we so often backward th ...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Marcus rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really loved it. I'm glad the film came out so I was encouraged to read it; but the film was pretty bad in comparison. I hear there is one starring Orson Welles as Rochester though which I imagine is much better. ...more

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Nov 26, 2009 Nenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, romance, fiction, favorites, 2015-reading-challenge, feminism, classic

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I have read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Charlotte's sister) and I bit dislike the book. So, when I read this book, I don't put much expectation. I proved wrong, however. The detailed language requires a bit of patient but it means you won't miss anything. I also love how the book portrayed Jane as an independent woman and beyond her own time. ...more

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